The Life Of Granville George Leveson Gower V1
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: July 25, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 574
ISBN-13: 9780548042892
Subjects: Historical - British; Biography / Autobiography
First sentence: WHEN in December 1783 the younger Pitt, dismayed by the refusal of Lord Temple to accept the seals of Secretary of State, was hesitating whether he would persevere in the uphill task of forming a Ministry, he turned for assistance at that critical moment in his career to a retired statesman who occupied an exceptional position in the hierarchy of the great Whig houses.